JSU Center for Excellence to hold emergency management training

(JACKSON, Miss.) –  Jackson State University’s Center of Excellence for

Natural Disasters, Coastal Infrastructure and Emergency Management will hold

an Emergency Management Training and Interoperability Demonstration at 9

a.m. May 28 at the Mississippi e-Center @JSU, 1230 Raymond Road in Jackson,

Miss.

The U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Research, Development and

Engineering Center’s Software Engineering Directorate (AMRDEC/SED) and

Radiance Technologies, Inc., will co-host the event.

The demonstration will highlight simulation and communication

technologies to improve training and preparedness of Emergency Operations

Centers (EOCs).

The training will integrate local EOC tools and personnel from

Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee into a Web-enabled environment to

respond to a simulated tornado disaster scenario.

Observers will hear from first responders via

video-teleconference about the need for more frequent and comprehensive

training and how existing technologies can address training requirements.

Demonstrations by the Centers of Defense Integrated Data and

National Center for Biodefense Communications on Disaster Response

Intelligent System (DRIS) and Trimble GPS, ArcGIS, Pictometry & Electronic

Field Study will be available following the training.

For more information, call 601-979-5016 or 601-979-5015. R.S.V.P

by May 22.

For complete overview, click

<<a target=”_blank” href=”http://www.jsums.edu/announcements/5.19.09demooverview.pdf”>http://www.jsums.edu/announcements/5.19.09demooverview.pdf> here.

For R.S.V.P. form, click

<<a target=”_blank” href=”http://www.jsums.edu/announcements/5.19.09demorsvp.pdf”>http://www.jsums.edu/announcements/5.19.09demorsvp.pdf> here.

– JSU –

About Jackson State University: Challenging Minds, Changing Lives

Jackson State University, founded in 1877, is a historically black, high

research activity university located in Jackson, the capital city of the

state of Mississippi. Jackson State’s nurturing academic environment

challenges individuals to change lives through teaching, research and

service. Officially designated as Mississippi’s Urban University, Jackson

State continues to enhance the state, nation and world through comprehensive

economic development, health-care, technological and educational

initiatives. The only university in the Jackson metropolitan area, Jackson

State is located near downtown, with three satellite campuses throughout the

city. For more information, visit  <<a target=”_blank” href=”http://www.jsums.edu/”>http://www.jsums.edu/> www.jsums.edu.

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